The environmental highs - and lows - of 2024: January to April

The United Nations Environment Programme takes us on a closer look at some of the most memorable environmental moments of the first four months of 2024...

Join us for 2025 UN Kids Day!

The UN Visitor Centre is thrilled to invite all UN staff and delegates to bring your little ones, ages 5 to 10, for the 2025 UN Kids Day on Friday, 21 February.

2024 was the hottest year on record, says UN weather agency

On Friday, UN weather experts from the World Meteorological Organization confirmed that 2024 was the hottest year on record, at 1.55 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures.

A staff favourite special tour is back! Gifts on the 2nd Floor

Do you know how the first diplomatic passport came to exist? Have you heard of the Kadesh Peace Treaty? Why is there a pianist playing on the 1st floor of the General Assembly Building?

UN Police Capacity-Building Providers meet in Shanghai

The 2nd Police Capacity-Building Providers Meeting in Shanghai underscored the steady progress in global police capacity-building efforts essential to peacekeeping operations.

"Journal of the United Nations" launches global calendar

Have you ever wanted to view all the meetings of a UN organ in a calendar view? Now you can with the Global Calendar feature of the "Journal of the United Nations".

Elinor Hammarskjöld of Sweden as USG for Legal affairs

Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of Elinor Jane Britt Hammarskjöld of Sweden as Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel.

New from 'UN Chronicle: GenAI, critical minerals, UBI and more'

The "UN Chronicle" team would like to share with you the following selection of recently published articles:

Grand Bargain: An interview with Mary Akugizibwe from OCHA

"I am happy to share that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has adopted the Grand Bargain classification across its major funding and tracking platforms!"

A day in the life of the head of a Humanitarian Advisory Team

In this interview, Rija Rakotoson shares the complexities of his work as the head of an OCHA Humanitarian Adviser Team in Madagascar.